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A woman who apparently purposefully ran down three pedestrians, including her estranged husband, in Martinez Monday morning jumped to her death from the Benicia-Martinez Bridge a short time later, according to police. Elyce Kirchner reports. (Published Monday, Nov. 7, 2016)

A woman who apparently purposefully ran down three pedestrians, including her estranged husband, in Martinez Monday morning jumped to her death from the Benicia-Martinez Bridge a short time later, according to police.

Witnesses say the woman, whose identity has not yet been released by police, drove directly toward the three at about 10:30 a.m. as they were crossing the street in the town's busy court district, according to Martinez police.

After driving into the three victims, who were in a crosswalk at the intersection of Court and Main streets, the woman then stopped her car and reversed into her husband before speeding away, police said.

Sergio Margarita was just starting his work day in the area when he witnessed the hit-and-run.

Cell phone video shows three badly injured people laying in the street.

About 20 minutes later, police received a report that a woman had jumped from the bridge, about 2.5 miles away, and investigators believe she was the same woman who drove into the three pedestrians in Martinez.